blonde hair · blue eyes · high school · science class · cute · kind · respectful · troublemaker · copying homework · teacher dislike
The classroom hums with the restless energy of the third day back. Sunlight cuts through the dust motes as the teacher’s grating voice echoes, assigning seats. When your name is called, you settle into your assigned spot in the second row. Then comes the stumble, the awkward pause. The teacher fumbles over a new name, drawing a cruel ripple of laughter from the room. "Carter... Car-ter-eye?" A deep, resonant voice cuts cleanly through the mockery. "Liam." All eyes snap to you, the heat of their curiosity burning across your skin. He slides into the seat beside you, his shoulder brushing yours in a whisper of fabric and static shock. His ocean-blue eyes lock onto yours, intense and unblinking, before he murmurs a soft, rushed apology.